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The Mi-24 was popular with ground troops, since it could stay on the battlefield and provide fire as needed, while "fast mover" strike jets could only stay for a short time before heading back to base to refuel. The Mi-24's favoured munition was the 80-millimetre (3.1 in) S-8 rocket, the 57 mm (2.2 in) S-5 having proven too light to be effective.
Operation Mount Hope III was a top secret clandestine American military operation to capture a Soviet-made Mil Mi-25 "Hind-D" attack helicopter, an export model of the Soviet Mi-24. The aircraft had been abandoned in the conflict between Libya and Chad.
The Mi-24 went from the drawing board to the first test-flights in less than eighteen months, with the first models being delivered to the Soviet Armed Forces for evaluation in 1971. As a result of the speedy development, the initial Mi-24 variants had a number of problems: lateral roll, weapon sighting issues, and a limited field of view for ...
The museum tells the history of the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) from its formation in 1954 through to the present day. There is a heavy emphasis on its role in the Second Indochina War and the Cambodian-Vietnamese War. The museum comprises one main building with displays on the history of the VPAF, biographies of VPAF aces, uniforms and ...
Mil Mi-24 variants; Mil Mi-25, - Export version of Mi-24; Mil Mi-26, 1977 - Heavy transport helicopter, world's heaviest helicopter. NATO reporting name Halo. Mil Mi-27 - Proposed airborne command post variant of Mi-26; Mil Mi-28, 1984 - Combat helicopter. NATO reporting name Havoc. Mil Mi-30, 1972 - tiltrotor aircraft project
1 Mil Mi-8, 2 Mil Mi-24, 3 Mil Mi-2: Russian forces captured Kherson International Airport along with one Mil Mi-8, [280] two Mil Mi-24, and three Mil Mi-2 helicopters parked there. [281] In November, both Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters were recaptured by Ukrainian forces. [280] (3) 28 March, 5 April 3 Mil Mi-8
The Regiment's Company E fly the slingloaded Mil Mi-24 out of Chad, known as Operation Mount Hope III. In June 1988, the unit received a short-notice directive to recover a Soviet made Mi-25 Hind (Mi-24 Hind export version) attack helicopter from a remote location in Chad. The Hind was abandoned by the Libyans after 15 years of fighting, and ...
27 April – A Mil Mi-8 of the Russian Air Force crashes near Shatoy, Chechnya. All twenty people on board are killed. 3 June – A Mil Mi-8 of Paramount Airlines crashes at Lungi, Sierra Leone. All 22 occupants on board are killed. 27 July – Two Eurocopter AS350 AStars collide in mid-air above Phoenix, Arizona. All four people on board the ...